Glass partitions in the apartment

With the development of technologies, designers offer new types of interior partitions. Glass partitions were also frequent, they can be seen as an important design attribute not only in office and shopping centers, but also in residential premises. More recently, glass partitions in the room were perceived as something taken from hotels or film ideas for design uniqueness. Today they are gaining popularity and no longer cause concerns, from the point of view of safety and fragility of the material - this problem has long been solved.

The use of glass partitions in residential premises

Glass is suitable for ubiquitous use, not only for windows and interroom doors. Special decorative glass decorate other surfaces - false windows and floors with illumination, walls with stained glass windows, rustles in the bathroom and stairs.

The most common options are:

1. Glass partition in a bathroom from corrugated glass or with a sandblasting pattern - for zoning the dining room and kitchen.

2. Replacement in the apartment of a part of the wall with an open panorama - a winter garden, a bay, glazed corner balcony with a glass sophisticated opposite.

3. When rewriting in the dark central part of the house, the glass is replaced with a deaf wall - for penetration of daylight, and people who have a fear of closed space, with the help of glass partitions in the apartment solve their problem.

4. Part of the living room or hall, adjacent to the Corridor The wall is often replaced with a glass simple glass with opening doors - for visual expansion of space.

5. Bathrooms - Outfits made of matte glass in a small apartment allows you to divide the toilet and bathroom without prejudice to the area.

6. In the apartment for a lonely tenant, some of the walls are willingly replaced with interior transparent partitions.

7. Decorative partitions made of glass, processed by special technologies, allow us a conventional apartment to transform to the level of an expensive hotel.

Varieties of glass partitions

Deciding to order in a specialized firm installation of glass partitions, it is important to know their varieties and installation features to pay the most appropriate option.

The 3 main types of glass partitions are distinguished: sliding, stationary and mobile. In turn, they have subspecies:

• fixed partitions with single-handed and double sliding door;
• stationary partitions without a door;
• partitions with a single-handed or double pendulum door;
• deaf partitions with a sliding door with a roller mechanism;
• glass fencing on metal fasteners to celebrate stairs, terraces or balconies;
• wall from glass blocks is single and double.

Mobile partitions from tempered glass 10-12 mm are limited in size - up to 3.5-4 m, all-glass panels - up to 1200 mm wide. Glass frame profile partially or around the perimeter, the locking mechanism with the lock is attached to them.

One of the varieties of the glass partition is presented in the photo:

Please note that the transparent bottom expands the space, and the matte top eliminates the feeling of aquarium, the decorative colored partitions from stained glass loses the feeling behind the glass.

Important: Deaf, stationary, fixed and fixed glass partition - the same. The door doors are distinguished by pendulum and sliding. The pendulum door is equipped with a fixing spivelet and reliable fittings, and the partitions are glass sliding - roller mechanism and guide.

1. Partitions are distinguished by the type of glass - corrugated, matte, color, transparent, decorative, with a pattern. At the same time, various technologies are used to create a special effect. This is a partial matting, fusing, rough drawing, reinforcement, spraying and chemical etching. Also apply inserts from mirrors, metal, plexiglas, foils, gems, crystals, color self-adhesive film, etc.

Tip: Color film for glass - a wide-scale material, applied independently if no transparent glass has stopped. Such material is a stained glass film, it can also be updated glass partitions in the interior.

2. By the type of fastening the partition from the glass there are solid - from the floor to the ceiling to all commonness, or incomplete. This is if the partition comes from the ceiling and floor not the end, on the prests, it makes one corner or creates an arch in the doorway. In incomplete structures, additional fasteners use, and special glass is used for additional stiffness in glass fences - triplex.

Tip: Partial partition is convenient in the bathroom and shower room, when problems with evaporation and high humidity affect the health of asthmatics or cores.

Glass partitions, the price of which depends on the type of installation, the presence of doors and glass type - from 200 dollars. and higher. Remember that the option with doors or decorative glass cost an order of magnitude more than a simple glass partition.

Advantages and disadvantages

Main advantages:

1. They share a spacious room on the functional zones.

2. Contribute to the visual contact of family members.

3. Decide the problem of lack of light, especially when the apartment comes out on the north side.

4. Help layout space in a small apartment with a narrow kitchen and living room.

5. Visually expand the apartment when replacing part of the walls on transparent partitions.

6. Decide the problem of high humidity, holding the pathogenic fungi in the raw room, which is easier to handle, ventilate and dry.

7. occupy less space in comparison with ordinary walls, thanks to its compactness.

8. Durable, durable and aesthetic, do not require special care, except the wiper.

9. For a minimum of time when mounting and disassembly during repair.

10. Prevent the spread of odors and high humidity between rooms or create an additional temperature barrier.

11. The fungus and mold do not start on the smooth glass, so successfully replaced with a rejected simpleness.

Disadvantages:

1. Weak noise insulation.

2. They are visible fingerprints, especially children's, requires frequent cleaning.

3. Large whole glass is impossible to install yourself.

4. Inattentive guests with poor eyesight can try to pass through the transparent wall.

5. It is undesirable to put in seismically active places, in old houses with cracked walls or with uneven floors.

To the issue of reliability and fragility of a glass wall

Visual fragility of glass walls is just a feeling, and such a glass is safer and a stronger drywall. Partitions are not made from ordinary glass, so it is not necessary to worry about security. They are made of a particularly durable tempered glass in 10 mm. Safe glazing makes it possible to widely use them in public places and houses. At the request of the customer, the glass partition can be unique - you can apply any drawing or logo using sandblasting. Buy glass partitions, additionally covered with invisible film from fragments, is useful if it is necessary to protect the design from mechanical damage.

A wall of glass blocks looks more durable. They also apply to the interior decor, the blocks are similar characteristics. The wall of the glass blocks can be made independently, they are worth talking about them separately.

Glass Floor Flood

Often glass blocks - hollow square products inside, where each side is a pressed half or semi-block from color or transparent material. This is a nice hermetic glass brick, empty inside, with a wall of 5-7 mm, so that the wall has higher sound and thermal insulation properties.

Many have ever seen the wall of the glasslocks back in Soviet times - the window purses in the entrances, simpleness in the workshops, halls and baths were often made from such a material. And it was justified, as they have high performance and noise insulation, are not afraid of temperature drops and high humidity, do not need to be care. However, in those days they had smaller aesthetic qualities and did not apply in the finish.

The use of glass blocks in the apartment

1. As a wall for the separation of dark interior and corridors from adjacent rooms for greater light permeability, which saves on the lighting day.

2. As partitions in a spacious house for zoning or for the separation of functional zones.

3. As an additional simpleness in the bathroom and bathrooms, in the kitchen or spacious living room.

4. As window openings in the attic room, on the stairs or between the toilet, bathroom and adjacent, well-lit windows. Matte glass blocks are suitable for the outlet of the windows from the bathroom right into the courtyard or to the street.

5. As decor - as a primary or additional material, this will be discussed at the end of the article.

6. As a supplement of furniture - a bar counter for the kitchen, washing under the washbasin. Empty large semi-blocks will replace the cabinet cells for trifles in the room of adolescents or in the garage.

7. As a floor for a podium with lower backlight in the kitchen, in the hallway or other rooms - it all depends on the imagination of the designer and the owners.

8. As filling the lumen under the steps - and in the utility rooms.

Standard size of glass blocks

Today, the production of glass blocks left far forward, specializing in their issuance of the company offer high-quality material with excellent aesthetic properties. On the sites of manufacturers - a wide range of glass blocks of different sizes, surface and color textures. Transparent and matte glass blocks of different shades are available. Blocks are less transparent and passed 50-85% of light, the image behind such a wall is as if smashed into fragments and vague.

Material for walls of glass blocks has a standard output.

1. Blocks:

• 19x19x8 cm;
• 24x24x8 cm.

2. Semi-blocks:

• 19x9x8 cm;
• 24x11,5x8 cm.

Non-standard form: rectangles, triangles, corners, puzzles and circles of different sizes. They are inserted into concrete rustles or go for mounting the window envelope of the attic.

How to build a simple glass of glass knots with your own hands

There are several ways, basic - frame and frameless. The second case is a cement solution or mounting glue. This wall is actually assembled for 1 day, but it is not worth a hurry, it dries up to 2 weeks based on cement. The wall on the frame is easier to dismantle.

Tip: Wooden frame is contraindicated in the bathroom, there will be a mold. For premises with high humidity there is only an adhesive method of installation or on a plastic frame.

First, decide on the design and method of laying glass blocks, make the necessary measurements, then you can purchase building materials. The best choice for self-laying is the Blocklock system, they are stacked easier than others. The base is PVC profile, mounting glue and glass blocks of the desired size, such a design is simple, durable and reliable.

The process of installing glass blocks based on PVC profile and glue

1. Make marking for the future wall on a dust cleaned place. Remember that it must be adjusted to the perpendicular surface of the wall at a right angle and erected strictly vertically. It must be checked when laying.

2. The glue is applied to the floor and walls strictly on the markup, where Blocklock's profile is fixed.

3. The glue is applied to the profile and set first blocks, ranging from one wall, and between them the vertical profile is installed. Glass blocks throughout the perimeter are lubricated with glue economically, without incl.

4. There is a horizontal PVC profile between the vertical profile on the glass block and so on.

5. The formed layer is again applied with a glue and mount a horizontal profile.

6. The following layers are mounted similarly by checking the vertical structure of the design. Through 5 rows, the work can be postponed to give dry glue.

7. The continuation of the operation depends on the speed of drying the adhesive composition, it is made in the interval of stages.

8. After complete drying of the wall, the seams for complete tightness can be filled with a grout or a special light filler, and a sealant for finishing a ceramic tile is suitable.

Cement-based installation process

1. The first stage is made in the same way as the 1st description, but in the markup of the installation of glass blocks, the primer of deep penetration is applied, it dries the day.

2. Preparation of a solution for masonry: fine sand, cement and water in a ratio of 3: 1: 1, you can add PVA glue - 50-100 grams per bucket. It is better to buy a construction mixture for mounting glass blocks and dilute with water before laying.

3. Place 2 rods for reinforcement from stainless steel, to avoid corrosion, and apply a solution. Make so that the rods do not go beyond the line of glass blocks.

4. The sidewalls of the glass block are lubricated with a solution and put the first layer by checking the level of horizontality. For alignment of the seams, assembly crosses are exhibited, as when laying ceramic tiles, they can remain closed.

5. For the strength of masonry vertically and horizontally, thin rods for reinforcement are placed.

6. Completing the installation of each row, remove all the excess solution from the glass and the seams, since after drying it is harder to remove it. In the seams make grooves for grouting. The solution from the glass is removed with wet rag and wipe dry, after blocks are processed to a glitter with a wiper.

7. Wall from glass blocks on cement dries days 7-17, depending on the temperature of the room, and it is better to lay out 3 layers with a pause for setting the solution, otherwise the wall may break under its own weight or fall.

Tip: For radial or round laying part of the wall, semi-blocks of the same color and texture are used, reinforcement must be more solid. When building a radius partition, mounting crosses put only in the inner seams. The sizes of the seams will depend on the bending radius of the wall.

The use of glass blocks with a decorative purpose

Glass blocks and half-blocks with inserts make it possible to be widely used in decorative purposes. Inside, you can place a collection: shells, butterflies, dry flowers, duzhi fruit. It is interesting to watch colored fillers from balls. The easiest way to put out of them any ornament for the selected figure. The last design developments include stained glass blocks from baked color material.